House members are likely to ask how ICANN plans to handle spammers, cybersquatters and other intellectual property violations as it expands the number of top-level domain names next year; what those domain names might cost; what ICANN, a non-profit, will do with all that money; whether the Internet can remain stable; and whether the Commerce Department should continue to oversee ICANN when their agreement expires in September.

One witness — Thomas Lenard, president of the Technology Policy Institute — will add more controversy by proposing that the relationship with Commerce be scrapped and that ICANN be turned over to its users: the registrars and registries who handle domain name sales, according to testimony posted on his Web site.

The hearing will be Webcast and starts at 10 AM Eastern Daylight Time. A video will also be posted later at ICANN’s site.